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27.10.2020

 

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Equity
AIG AIG to separate its life insurance arm
Ant China’s Ant Group to raise more than $34bn in record IPO
Goldman Goldman accused of covering up sexual misconduct allegation
Facebook Facebook to move into cloud-based gaming
ByteDance ByteDance discusses listing video app Douyin
Wells Fargo Wells Fargo Exploring $1 Billion-Plus Corporate-Trust Sale
 
Fixed Income
US Bond The yield on 10-year Treasuries declined four basis points to 0.80%.
 
Currency
USD Hospitalisation of Covid patients surges across US; US Senate set to confirm Barrett to the Supreme Court; Sales of US new build homes ease from 13-year high; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin again attempted to reconcile differences on a virus relief package
EUR EU prioritises settlement talks in Airbus-Boeing dispute, with diplomats saying the bloc is unlikely to act before the US presidential election
 
Metal
Gold Gold was little changed at $1,902.51 an ounce.
 
Energy
WTI West Texas Intermediate crude rose 0.4% to $38.72 a barrel.
 
COVID-19 Global Pandemic Latest
Region Confirmed Cases New Cases Recovered
Global 43,756,222 +397,138 32,140,673
U.S. 8,958,003 +65,142 5,808,274

Charts to Watch

Chart 1. US stocks have worst day in a month as virus cases hit a record

Chart 2. Stocks skeptics are in short supply 

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